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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 669 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Same sound, different spelling): Say the word aloud — if two spellings sound the same, they are homophones. A silent letter often hides a homophone: knight = night, whole = hole, knew = new. Choose the spelling from the meaning.

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  1. 1.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) eight (b) sell (c) plain
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) piece (b) eight (c) steal
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) blew (b) write (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) here (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) waste (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) heel (b) week (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) male (b) hear (c) son
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tow (b) berry (c) weak
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) bear (b) right (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) no (c) knot
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) piece (b) berry (c) mist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) tail (b) eight (c) not
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) tow (b) rode (c) steal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) heel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) see (b) waist (c) plane
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) there (b) here (c) by
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) dear (b) aloud (c) tow
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) sea
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) piece (b) male (c) whole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) night (b) aloud (c) deer
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) road (b) see (c) sun
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) ate (b) here (c) past
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) here (b) know (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) peace (b) flower (c) know
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) tale (c) son
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) peace (b) wait (c) tail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) bury (b) flour (c) sail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) missed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) meat (c) pear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) waste (b) bear (c) wait
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) week (b) whole (c) sale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) son (c) allowed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) right (c) son
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) waist (c) bear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) made (b) tale (c) wait
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) no (c) weight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) hear (b) flu (c) groan
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) see (b) flower (c) no

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. steal
  3. write
  4. son
  5. missed
  6. week
  7. hear
  8. weak
  9. right
  10. blew
  11. berry
  12. eight
  13. ate
  14. rode
  15. heel
  16. waist
  17. here
  18. tow
  19. piece
  20. male
  21. aloud
  22. see
  23. past
  24. sun
  25. know
  26. not
  27. wait
  28. flour
  29. missed
  30. meat
  31. bear
  32. sale
  33. buy
  34. blew
  35. their
  36. toe
  37. tale
  38. ate
  39. groan
  40. no

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